National Geographic Adventure magazine is holding open voting for Readers’ Choice Adventurer of the Year (<-click that link to vote!), and Dean Potter is in the running for his fusion of rock climbing/BASE jumping/wingsuit (Tony Suits, to be specific). You are to "cast your vote for the person you think best embodies the spirit of adventure", so get on over and vote—if you can avoid soiling yourself at 0:30 in this video.
Read about him here. And take note – the December/January issue is the last for National Geographic Adventure, so snag your copy now.
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Potter writes for the Alpinist as well. There was a great story in there about his “freeBASE” approach. Y’all should check it out. In it is one of the best descriptions of what human flight is like that I have read. I believe it was issue 27…Here’s a link to get it since it probably isn’t on shelves any longer:
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP27/feature-embracing-insanity
Magical spot, all alone, with the helicopters